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NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man is arrested after police pulled his vehicle over and found a fully loaded gun. New Bedford Police say officers stopped 19-year-old Trentin Joshua Marshal Cruz of New Bedford on Route 18 North near Potomska Street Thursday night after he was seen swerving and crossing the double yellow line...

NEW BEDFORD - More drugs and guns off of New Bedford streets. As part of another crime sweep in the North Front Street area Wednesday, detectives seized 58 grams of cocaine, crack cocaine, and a digital scale and packaging material, along with over $6,000 in cash...

BOSTON - A Latin King gang member has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston. 31-year-old Luis Lopez of New Bedford has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release. Lopez pleaded guilty in October to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute heroin...

Two houses were damaged in Dartmouth Wednesday night when a 26-year-old Dartmouth man negligently discharged his handgun while cleaning it. The incident happened shortly before 6 p.m. on Leonor Drive. Dartmouth Police said the owner failed to ensure his H&K 9mm handgun was empty before attempting to clean it...

NEW BEDFORD - The Brock Avenue Market in the south end of New Bedford was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night. The clerk told police a man came into the store after 7 P.M. last night and threatened the clerk with what appeared to be a black gun...

TAUNTON - A homeless man has been arrested at a Taunton storage facility in connection with the theft of at least one gun. Taunton Police say 52-year-old Patrick Richards was arrested this week on an outstanding warrant after his girlfriend tipped off police that he had stolen a gun from a nearby storage unit...

NEW BEDFORD - The Bristol County District Attorney's Office has joined in the investigation into a shooting in New Bedford Tuesday night that left one man critically injured. The DA's Office says at 11:40 pm Tuesday night, New Bedford Police received a 911 call regarding a male suffering from a gunshot wound in an apartment building at 51 Tallman Street...

A home and two cars were struck by gunfire in New Bedford Wednesday night. Police say the shots were reported around 10:30pm Wednesday near the 100 block of Sycamore Street. Shell casings were found, as well as damage to a home, a vehicle in the driveway, and another vehicle across the street...

A Boston man is arrested after New Bedford police recognize his face from surveillance footage of a crime. Detective Jonathan Lagoa was patrolling downtown Saturday afternoon when he saw a man get into a van. Detective Lagoa recognized the man from a picture sent in a department email earlier that day regarding a robbery with persons of interest depicted...

New Bedford Police have taken custody of a gun that was found in a basement.